Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-07
NO. so.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Egypt at depth of 1910 feet.
| Simon Collins, blind mau, living
at Marietta, Pa, is said to be one OF
| the best mechanics in the country
"A well defined case OF leprosy is
| sald to be reported to have been dis
covered in st. Louis by a prominent
| specialist.
A friendship that makes the least
noise is very often the most useful: for
which reason l should prefer a prudent
| friend to a jealous one.
California wine is said to be in
creasing In demand in this section of
the country at the rate of about a
million gallons per year.
A turkey gobbler owned by a
farmer near Rockville, H., fights hens
| from their nests and covers and
matches the eggs himself.
As far back as 1899 an English
| writer remarked: 1T is unreasonable
and unwholesOme in all months that
have not an r. in their names to eat
an oyster"
| Grant Johnson. a colored resident
| of West Chester, has been living three
months with bullet IN his brain. He
Is totally paralyzed, being unable to
move muscle or talk.
! Some cows that were in field
that she was crossing, at Sag Harbor,
l. l., recently, made movement to-
ward Mrs, Rogers, who became SO
triGht e--aS that she drOnned dead.
The fibre derived from me inner
bark of young mulberry shoots is said
to yield fabric much finer and
stronger than cotton, and which, when
woven, very much resembles silk.
-Fisnermen at hoseourg, on the
Siuslaw river, IN Oregon, caught 10 900
salmon in one night recently, notwIth-
standing the cry being raised that the
fish are rapidly leaving Oregon waters
An Orange IN. j. shoemaker
found diamonds valued at $1,000 ia
par of shoes sent him for repairs. The
stones had been put in the shoes for
safety 10y the owner and been forgotten.
The German town having the
greatest number of saloons, relatively,
is Glessen, one to every 80 inhabl-
tants, and Schwerin has the smallest
number, one to every AS inhabitants.
The dog of George Marion, of
| Rensselar, Ind, began barking at a
hole in the ground Marion dug down
and killed 1l3 blue racers and q bull
snakes. The dog is still in the hole
| uuulluR LOT Ine lie.
The floating island on Lake Der
wentwater, England, has again made
Its appearance, after complete submer-
sion for nearly three years. The cause
of the phenomenon is said never 10
have been satisfactorily explained.
1t is computed that the death rate
of the world is sIxty-seven a minute,
and the birth rate seventy a minute
| nd ia farrfx 15rrf.f
| gain Is sutiicicnt 70 gTve a uot inoreaoo
of population each year OF almost
!, 100000 souls.
"A resident of Sumter, Ga, was
driving a mule through the streets
when the breeze caught up big piece
of blue paper lying in the guttes and
whirled 1t directly before the animals
face. The mule, it is reported. sta rted
back in terror, trembled violently,
and then fell over dead.
AT least 1O, 600 preserved humming
birds are now embraced in the collec-
tion in the British museum. The
finest collection on this side of the At
lantic, containing about 1000 specI-
mems, has been presented 10y Mr.. d.
G. Eliot to the American Museum OF
Natural History Of New York.
AT Acosta a Roman metal pen has
been found. 1t is a bronze pen slit in
exactly the same fashion as the present
steel pen. The Dutch invented a
metal pen in l7l7, but it was not until
many years later that the hand-screw
press, which made the first cheap
steel pen, came into use.
-Thakore Sahlb spent $3.50, 900
during his short visit to America.
Some of the money went for jewelry
nd fgr - ElVT,a
India. For Christine Nilsson lie
bought fan set with diamonds and
rubies, and for Queen Victoria a $1,000
riding habit embroidered in gold and
silver.
1t has been ascrtained 10y an OBJ
serving person that hocks of poultry
which have guinea fowls among them
are never interfered with hy chicken
thieves. The guinea Is always on the
alert, and the least disturbance will
cause it to make a very loud Outcry
well known to farmers. This fowl
should be found on every farm and Oh
every hen roOst.
The increase in the wages Of work
ing people in the United States was
more rapid during the decade ending IN
1860 than 1t was during the next de-
cade or the last one The rate of in
years has been more rapid than the
increase in the United States.
"A ragpicker, in London, who re-
Gently found purse with sovereign
in it on the street, ,straightway repaired,
with his wife, TO purchase articles of
which they were in pressing need. They
are now in jail, an astute magistrate
having decided that they should have
reported their good luck to the police
The following testimonial from a
lady has been left at this office, for
sale, by a dealer in patent medicines:
Dear Doctor-I will say that, while
suffering from a severe backache, 1
. took my purse ID my hand and went
out to buy one of your plasters. 1 met
street thief on the corner and was
relieved at once. You can use this
, for what it is worth. .''-BlpIingt0u
Free Press.
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was
born in Baltimore IN 1785. She was
the daughter of a wealthy merchant,
and was married to jerome Bona
parte IN 1903. Napoleon commanded
jerome to fOrsake his wife, but the
young man would not do this until
: 1907, when the French council Of state
annulled the marriage and Napoleon
granted her a large pension. She had
one son, who was educated abroad. She
died April 4, 1879, leaving large for
tune TO her grandson.
|, An enterpr,sIng man in Chicago
. proposed to procure tin boxes Just
large enough TO hold an ordinary
sandwich, piece of pie, flask of coffee
and Chinese napkin. He Will fill a
light wagon with them and at a certain
= hour-the lunch hour-will deliver to
his patrons box and contents for the
= sum of fifteen cents. He says his
I scheme is working, that he has sc cured
/. over 300 subscribers on State and Dear
born Streets. As rapidly as his busl-
ness increases he will put on more
wagons.